griDNA, an R&D 100 (2025) finalist from Sandia National Laboratories, is an autoencoder-based system that fuses 60-samples-per-second grid measurements (frequency, voltage, current) with intermittent network telemetry to identify cyber, physical, and blended anomalies on the power grid. The team has run the model on low-cost single-board computers and on existing security devices and is field-testing…
Sandia National Laboratories sees surge in R&D agreements
Sandia National Laboratories executed 72 new Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) in fiscal year 2024, the second-highest number in its history. Sandia last reached similar levels in the early 1990s when the World Wide Web was introduced. CRADAs are collaborative agreements that allow federal laboratories and external organizations to jointly develop new technologies by…